#BC4028#BC4028

#BC4028 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.164 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4028
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 40)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 48.62, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 63.55, 40.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.1376 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.164 33)
XYZ	xyz(22.9580, 14.5147, 3.5998)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4028 #28A4BC

analogous

#BC285A #BC4028 #BC8A28

triadic

#BC4028 #28BC40 #4028BC

tetradic

#BC4028 #5ABC28 #28A4BC #8A28BC

square

#BC4028 #5ABC28 #28A4BC #8A28BC

split-complementary

#BC4028 #28BC8A #285ABC

monochromatic

#571E13 #8A2F1D #BC4028 #D86049 #E38C7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BC4028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BC4028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4028

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4028	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.164 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97b64',
    500: '#bc4028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4028;
$custom-light: #d97b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.73,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54406,
    "c": 0.16406,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.14511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4028

secondary

#75BDCB

accent

#CDE840

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4028

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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